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Aug 13, 2024

Intuitive Machines seeks to take over NASA’s VIPER lunar rover

Posted by in categories: engineering, finance, transportation

Intuitive Machines reported revenue of $41.4 million in the second quarter, more than double the $18 million the company reported in the same quarter of 2023. It had an operating loss of $28.2 million in the quarter, also more than double the $13.2 million operating loss it reported in the same quarter a year ago.

The company attributed the increase in revenue to new work, such as a NASA engineering services contract that started late last year as well as initial work on a Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract the company received in April.

The increased losses came from what Steve Vontur, chief financial officer, described as “non-cash impacts” to modifications to its next two lunar lander missions, IM-2 and IM-3, both flying payloads for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.

Aug 13, 2024

Scientists achieve rapid upcycling of microplastics to graphene

Posted by in categories: innovation, materials

James Cook University researchers have achieved a significant breakthrough that allows them to convert microplastics to a highly valuable material. The study is published in the journal Small Science.

Aug 13, 2024

Japan will launch DARPA-esque research institute for cyberwarfare

Posted by in categories: government, military

Japanese officials on Monday announced the opening of a new government-run defense research institute this fall, as reported by the Kyodo News agency.

The agency, which will be tasked with developing innovative cyber war technologies, said the new project is directly modeled after DARPA, the US Defense Department’s research agency – responsible for some of the world’s most cutting-edge defense technologies.

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Aug 13, 2024

Quantum solution to the gravitational wave mystery

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics

Scientists have discovered a way to simulate gravitational waves using quantum particles and Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC).

Aug 13, 2024

Brain implants to restore sight, like Neuralink’s Blindsight, face a fundamental problem − more pixels don’t ensure better vision

Posted by in categories: computing, cyborgs, neuroscience, transhumanism

Engineers have tried for decades to develop bionic eyes to reverse blindness. But the brain is far more complex than a computer.

Aug 13, 2024

Ray-Ban

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

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Make video calls and get answers with Meta AI voice activated search on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.


Meta, a new collection of smart glasses. Explore all the features, including camera, audio, and performance.

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Aug 13, 2024

Scientists Found a Surprise New Continent Hiding Beneath Greenland

Posted by in category: futurism

Where have you been this whole time?

Aug 13, 2024

AI model 98% accurate in detecting diseases — just by looking at your tongue

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, information science, robotics/AI

“These results confirm that computerized tongue analysis is a secure, efficient, user-friendly and affordable method for disease screening that backs up modern methods with a centuries-old practice,”


This technology could be aah-mazing!

Researchers in Iraq and Australia say they have developed a computer algorithm that can analyze the color of a person’s tongue to detect their medical condition in real time — with 98% accuracy.

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Aug 13, 2024

Agent Q: Breakthrough AI Research in Self-Healing Web Agents

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

Introducing Agent Q: Research Breakthrough for the Next Generation of AI Agents with Planning & Self Healing Capabilities.

In recent years, the…

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Aug 13, 2024

DARPA Aims to Ditch C Code, Move to Rust

Posted by in categories: innovation, military, robotics/AI

The US military agency responsible for developing new technologies plans to embark on an effort to rewrite significant volumes of C code by funding a new research challenge to create an automated translator capable of converting old C code with function written in the security-focused Rust language.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will hold a workshop, known as Proposers Day, on Aug. 26 to outline its vision for the Translating All C to Rust (TRACTOR) project. The effort calls for academic and industry research groups to compete to create a system that can turn C code into idiomatic — that is, using native features — Rust code. The project’s ultimate goal is to provide tools so that any organization with large volumes of software written in C can convert that code to Rust and eliminate the memory-safety errors that account for a large source of software vulnerabilities.

Without an automated system, developers are unlikely to take on the task, says Dan Wallach, program manager in DARPA’s Information Innovation Office (I2O).

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